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Reducing Vulnerability of Individuals
and Families

By the end of the planning period, Filipinos will have
greater socioeconomic resiliency . A universal and
1
transformative social protection will be provided to
all, to empower the people and make them capable
of preventing, responding to, and recovering from
various risks (i.e., economic, governance, and political
risks, risks from natural hazards and individuals’
inherent vulnerabilities ). Specific indicators to
2
measure the success of reducing the vulnerabilities of
Filipinos can be found in Table 11.5 of the full PDP
2017-2022 document.

Strategies

The following strategies will be carried out by the government to reduce the
vulnerability of individuals and families, targeting specific risk factors:

To mitigate risks faced by vulnerable groups
• Implement a convergence approach to help the poor and vulnerable
become self-sufficient and self-reliant.
• Enhance the conditional cash transfer program.
• Implement a multisectoral roadmap for children.
• Reduce child labor by 30 percent.
• Increase and harmonize maternity leave and paternity leave benefits.
• Ensure a disability-inclusive society.
• Strengthen employment facilitation programs for PWDs.
• Intensify social protection programs for overseas Filipinos (OFs) and their
families.
• Organize and support overseas Filipino worker (OFW) family circles.
• Improve social pension system
• Establish a Council for the Welfare of Older Persons.
• Expand PhilHealth packages through the different health financial
programs of the government.
• Enhance mobility, orthosis, rehabilitation, and prosthesis help (ZMORPH)
implementation.

1 Refers to the ability to withstand and recover from social and economic shocks.
2 Those with inherent vulnerabilities are those in the marginalized sectors namely: the poor, women, children, persons with disabilities, old
persons, and indigenous peoples.
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